Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25555, Joseph Dyer, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Conn.
Dyer, Joseph Charlotte
W 25555.
B. L. Wt. 9203-160-55
CONTENTS

1690. Connecticut. Charlotte Dyer widow of Joseph Dyer who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Sep r 1848 and sent to
Henry Fowler Hartford Ct
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page  280  Vol. 1.

74.6223 Mar 3. / 55-
Apr 16/55
Charlotte Dyer, wid. Joseph Dyer, Prior.
Capt. Amasa 1855 Mills, H Col. 8th Inf. Rev. War
1855 Mar Oct 25 1855,
Conn. Dept. of Public Health
Portland
(Signature)
Henry Fowler Hartford Ct
Vol. D. 181. 2

74.622
Country land claim of Charlotte Dyer Widow of Joseph Dyer (Revolutionary Service) under Act 3 March 1855

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. Farmington
On this 11 th day of April One thousand eight hundred & fifty five before me a Justice of the Peace in Hartford County aforesaid personally appeared Charlotte Dyer aged Eighty Three Years a resident of Farmington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who being first duly sworn according to law. Declares that she is the Widow of Joseph Dyer who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
She further states that she is now a pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum under the act of Feb. 2. 1841 & that her pension Certificate under said act is dated at the War Department on the 1 st day of September 1848 and she refers to her original application for a pension under the act July 7. 1838 for proof of her husband's service and death and of their marriage, which application is on file in the Pension Office at Washington
She further declares that she has ever since the death of her said husband remained and now is his Widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved

the 3 rd day of March 1855.
Her Charlotte Dyer mark X
We forementioned Covert and Florence Griswold residents of Farmington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Charlotte Dyer in our presence: and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Jeremiah Covert Silvanus Griswold
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim,
Russell Humphreys Justice of the Peace
Farmington April 11 th 1855

6358 Charlotte Dr. widow of Joseph Dr. Narration Cam.
Acc 7 July 1838
May allan 6 mo

State of Connecticut
Probate District of Middletown ss
In this 1 st day of November, Eighteen hundred & thirty seven personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown aforesaid in Open Court Charlotte Dyer now residing in Middletown in the County of Litchfield but who resides alternately in said Middletown & Canton & Burlington in Hartford County State aforesaid with her friends in said town, aged Sixty Seven years. Who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows".
That she is the widow of Joseph Dyer late of said Canton deceased who died in February A.D. 1818, who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution - was drafted into the service in the month of July (as she believes) in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy seven soon after the start of the army was stationed in Danbury - She at that time lived in said Canton & went on to Danbury under Capt. Amasa Miles with several others from said Canton - they joined the Regiment of Col. Campbells of New Milford in Danbury but remained there only a short time & went from there to Horse Neck where she remained till he was discharged - She was in the service just twelve months -
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Dyer in the latter part of the month of August in the year Seventeen

hundred and eighty eight though she cannot tell precisely the day of the month but believes it to have been the twenty fifth or twenty sixth day of said August - Upon the death of the said Joseph Dyer the family Bible in which was the family records & her marriage passed into the hands of one of the heirs & the record is entirely lost or destroyed - When she & the said Joseph went to be married which was to the Rev d Jeremiah Heath's in said Canton they went outdoors and were accompanied only by her brother & his wife & the brother is since deceased & his wife tho' alive has lost her memory & her other faculties to a great extent & is not competent to testify in relation to it - The Rev d Mr. Heath & his wife also at whose house they were mar- ried are dead & she does not know that any other individuals were present -
Her husband the said Joseph died as before stated on the 22 nd day of February A.D. 1818
She further declares that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the mar- riage took place previous to the first of Jan- uary Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four. By all the time above stated & that she has not since intermarried but still remains his widow -
The said Charlotte declares that upon further reflection & examination & comparison of dates that she was married to the said Joseph Dyer on the twenty fourth day of August Seventeen Hun- dred & eighty eight & not on the 25 th or 26 th of said month as she stated as her belief above. Charlotte Dyer
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above

Written before
Roger H. Miles Judge of said Court of Probate for said District of Middlesex.
State of Massachusetts
Sayre District of Middlesex ss.
I Calvin Cooke Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District do certify that Roger H. Miles is the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Middle- sex legally appointed & that the above is his own proper signature & the foregoing are the original pro- ceedings in relation to the matter mentioned therein. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of this court. The 4 th day of November A.D. 1839. Calvin Cooke Clerk

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
Am
File No. 23. 5' 5' 5'
Charlotte Dyer wid of Joseph Dyer Prison Warden
Act Feb 22. 48
Index : Vol A , Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 74622
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr 16 th , 1855.
Joseph Dyer Sec. Pri Capt Amasa Merrill A. Cott. Supt. Rev. War.
9203 160-55
Henry S. Lander Halifax Ct.

7429
Connecticut
Roll Oct 25
Charlotte Dyer widow of Joseph Dyer who was a Private in the Conn Militia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to Henry Fowler Wethersfield Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 66

Charlotte Dyer - 6358 widow of Joseph - May Allan 6mo Conn.
Act 1838 - Let to R. K. Dyer 13 Feb 1840 - 27 July 1840 to the same and 3 Aug 40
Act 7 July '38
✓ 9.200
Ms. A. 9. 2

5871. Connecticut
Charlotte Dyer widow of Joseph Dyer, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of ... and who died on the 22 February 1818 at Simsbury in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wiley of the regt commanded by Col. ... in the Conn. Militia line for Concord .
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars ... Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Oct 1840 to M. H. Wiley , New Britain, Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841 $ 100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 41. ...
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. H. Condy , Clerk, Book ... Vol. 1. Page 175.

New Bedford Nov. 16. 1829.
Sir
Enclosed are the papers of evidence with the declaration of Milas Charlotte Dyer, an applicant for Pension - I hope they may receive an early at- tention as the business of the department will allow
Very Respectfully Roger H. Miller
E. S. Edwards, Esq. Comm. Pensions

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Noyes H. Mills is
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Simsbury in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Mills
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 13 th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39
And I certify that the signature of said Mills hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT John Humphrey Esq r is
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Humphrey
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 13 th day of Nov in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
And I certify that the signature of said Humphrey hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

I Lydia Webster of Burlington in the county of Hartford & state of Connecticut, depose & say that I was seventy three years old in May last, & am well acquainted with Widow Charlotte Dyer, wife of Col. Joseph Dyer deceased who was in the war of the revolution, I was well acquainted with her husband also, & know them both previous to their marriage & during their courtship. They were married by the Rev Jeremiah Hallock of Canton in said county at his dwelling house on the twenty fourth day of August seventeen hundred and eighty eight, at which time I was present. & as I am informed & believe she is now the Widow of said Joseph Dyer, tho' I am not personally knowing to the time of his death In presence of Lydia W Webster mark Roger H. Mills J. L. Dyer
Sitkfield County ss. New Hartford July 20. th 1840 Personally appeared before me the above named Lydia Webster & made oath that the disposition by her subscribed is true according to her best knowledge & belief. & I certify that she is an intelligent & credible witness. Roger H. Mills Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour
Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Ebenezer H. Willis Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 3 d day of June A. D. 1840 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1841 And that the signature which purports to be the signature of said Justice is genuine, on the annexed document
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
21 st day of July A. D. 1840
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

Oct 22. 40 Hartford Oct 20
True
J. L. Edwards Esq. to Comm ee of Pensions Washington City

New Hartford Conn. Oct. 19 th 1840
Sir
Your letter of August 3 rd 1840 was duly rec d & I have been endeavoring since to find some documentary evidence which tended to prove the marriage of Joseph Dyer & Charlotte Dyer, the application of the latter you have in your departments for a pension. I have already sent to you the deposition of Wm. H. Harkness the Town Clerk of Farmington where they were married. Dyer is also the Son of the Clergyman who married them & in whose hands were the records of the Parish as well as his Father's own private records stating that all were destroyed by fire in his House -
I am unable yet to find by a very careful examination of records other than in any probability of there being a record of this matter - The applicant has shown me a Bible which she says originally

but the leaf containing the record is lost & contained a record of their marriage, but the leaf of the record has been gone she says a good many years - a careful examina- tion among Ancestral papers has been made but to no purpose - I am apprehensive that no Ancestral record will ever be found to throw any further light, or to guard the matter from any & all suspicion.
I regret that no evidence can be found of the kind desired, tho' I believe the tes- timony of Mrs. Webster, Mr. Thos. Bid- well & Rufus Tuller all go to establish fully the marriage prior to 1794 -
I trust that by reference to those papers you will be satisfied of all the facts necessary to establish her claim, & will be able consistently with duty to grant the application -
I can procure affidavits from the surrounding parishes, &c. that no records appear, but as it will be attended with considerable expense & she so poorly able to incur it  the that unless you desire I will not take them -
J. S. Edinards Esq. Comm. Pensions
Very respectfully Yours Roger H. Mills

Free
W. D. ... out July 30
Aug 1. 1810
Count
J. G. Edwards Esq Convent of Pigeons Washington City

New Hartford, (Conn.) July 30. 1840
Sir
I am much obliged for your favor of the 27 th Inst. acknowledging the receipt of Mrs. Lydia Websters Affidavit, & the suggestions therein contained.
Your first suggestion is, that, "when no record can be found it is need to regain some documentary proof of the parties having lived together as man and wife prior to January 1. 1794". If you will refer to the affidavits of Rufus Tuller, & Thomas Bidwell accompanying Mrs. Charlotte Dyer's declaration you will find that they both state that they were married previous to 1794. Mr. Bidwell particularly fixes the marriage as having taken place about two years previous to his own which was in Oct. 1790. Both of the gentlemen are of the first respectability & highly intelligent with whom I am intimately acquainted. As their testimony is so

Explicit I do think by referring to you it, you will be satisfied of their marriage previous to 1794 in the Affidavit of Mrs. Webster I think states that they were married according to her belief on the 24 th August 1788. In regard to any date she may pos- sess fixing the precise time I cannot speak as she offered none, other than during the course of receiving her affidavit she stated her own marriage as having taken place at a certain time & of the correspondence of some event I think, but it was not so important as to produce an impression that remains on my mind - Your enquiry would seem to distrust the evidence of Mrs. Webster. all I can say is that she appears like a very respectable woman, her husband who resides in Bunting- ton is a wealthy & influential individual. It is not supposable any sinister motive should induce to a course so repreh- ensible - If I remember, her testimony tallies with Mrs. Dyer's - Mrs. Dyer first mentions her marriage as having taken place on the 25 th or 26 th of August afterwards she corrects herself & says that it was on the 24 th I have

not seen Mrs. Dyer since yours was rec d & cannot do so without great inconvenience & so in relation to Mrs. Webster, as they both reside from me 12 or 15 miles, I believe, & from each other quite a distance, & the pension is for so short a time & for so small a sum, & her own means are such that she practices necessarily much economy, and now is scarcely able to afford the expenses attending this application -
I hope, unless the granting of this claim contains some salutary regulation of the de- partment, that it may soon receive your attention, & the evidence already furnished be deemed adequate -
With much respect
I am your obedient servant
Roger A. Mills
J. S. Edmond Esq. } Commr. of Pensions } Washington City }

17 11 18 Wm H Harkness Raper Tuller & Thomas Bidwell's Depositions

I William Harkness of Canton from which of the town of Canton in Hartford County & State of Connecticut. I do hereby certify that I am the town clerk of said town & that in the month of February Eighteen hundred & thirty eight all the records of the said town were destroyed in my house by fire, I being town clerk at that time & in the records of Marriages in said town were all destroyed.
I also certify that I am the son of the Reverend Jonathan Harkness late of said Canton who was the Congregational minister here for forty years commencing in eighteen hundred & thirty five. Who kept a record of Marriages for private use, & also kept a record of Church records in which were Marriages were in my house & also destroyed by fire.
I certify also that I was well acquainted with Rev. Joseph Dyer late of said Canton who died in February 1818. I was also & am now acquainted with Mrs. Charlotte Dyer the widow of said Joseph, that they lived together as man & wife & were reputed to be such & have been married & had a large family of children & I have no doubt but they were legally married, & the said Mrs. Charlotte yet remains the widow of said deceased.
William Harkness Clerk of
Each person hereby acknowledged before me this 14th day of November 1839
Horace A. Miller Justice of the Peace
And I certify that the records of the Vital Statistics on the 4th line from top, & the Vital Statistics on the 15th line from top show some errors upon due course of law.
Horace A. Miller Justice of the Peace

1. I Rufus Fuller of Canton in Hartford County being in my twenty second year do hereby say that I am well acquainted with Charlotte Dyer now in North Hartford St. John's County but formerly of Canton & when she now resides a part of the time, and was acquainted with her previous to her marriage - I was well acquainted with Col. Joseph Dyer late deceased Canton deceased, the husband of said Charlotte Dyer Charlotte Dyer - They were married about the year Nineteen hundred and Eighty Eight - I was present at the parties previous to their marriage & of their Courtship & immediately after their marriage - they lived near me till the death of Col. Dyer & had a large family of children down separated & lived together as man & wife & I have not any doubt but that they were legally married, the said Joseph Dyer died in the year 1818 since that time the said Charlotte Dyer has remained his widow - Her name previous to her marriage was Charlotte Pittsboro - both parties were natives of this town - Rufus Fuller
Given before me the 5 th day of November A.D. 1839 I certify that the foregoing is a credible witness Roger H. Miller Just. of the Peace
I also that the erasure on the tenth line from top of this page of "Charlotte Dyer" was done before the execution by the deponent Roger H. Miller Just. of the Peace

I Thomas Bidwell of Canterbury do hereby certify that I know of three years of my life that I was in the house of my mother. She was in the house in the year 1818. She was also ac- quainted with Thomas Bage the Minister of the Gospel. She was in the house of their court- ship & of their marriage which was about the year I was born. I was slightly sick. They were married about the year before I was born. I was 4 years of age in the year I was born & I was in the year I was born.
I was intimately acquainted with both parties before marriage & their court- ship & after their marriage - that they had a large family of children & lived as man and wife till her death - I have no doubt but that they were loyally married.
Both parties were natives of this town & the widow is now a lady of some means in the mid-west of the country.
Thomas Bidwell
Sitkafield County St. Personally appeared before me Thomas Bidwell subscriber of the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the deposition before me subscribed who sub- scribed the same in my presence - I certify that he is a credible witness
Roger Atkinson Justice of the Peace

I Amos Mason of New Bedford in Dukes County, State of Massachu- setts on this day
That I am now eighty six years old and a few months more, I was a soldier in the Revolution & a prisoner of the Bri- tish States - that I was in the service three years, & the last twelve months I was captured & taken to Danbury which was immediately after Danbury was burnt in the year 1777 - Amos Mills was our Captain when I joined the troops at Danbury - Col. Lambfield of New Bedford was our Colonel, his first name I do not know - I believe our Major was not there when I ar- rived, & I do not know his name - Mr. David Dyer of Acushnet was there & in the same company with me
Mr. Joseph Dyer also of Acushnet was there as I have no doubt though I do not distinctly remember him then, now, tho' I was neglect having several conversations with Mr. Dyer after we came home, & we talked of our adventures at Horse Neck where we went from Danbury. Mr. Dyer has been dead as I believe about twenty five years, & died in Acushnet about six or seven miles from where I live.
We frequently had conversations about that Campaign & though I cannot now say that I saw him then I have no doubt from our conversations he related that he was. He had often told me

60 before his death & soon after his return. We were then twelve months
I well remember Mr David Saylor being there, as we only lived one mile apart from each other and we were then mates together & came home in company -
Arthur his Messenger
Witness to his signature mark
Thos Dyer
Boyd & Miller
Situated in the Co. of ... October 21 st 1829
Personally appeared Arthur Messenger whose deposition is above written & made oath to the truth of the same & made his mark or signature in my presence & I do certify that he is a credible witness
Boyd & Miller Esq. the Peace

I David Taylor of Canton in Hartford County Connecticut now in my seventy seventh year do hereby say - That I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, & am a pensioner of the United States. That I went to Danbury in this State in the latter part of July or about that time. We went on under Capt. Amasa Miller of said Canton & joined the regiment under Col. Mansfield of New Milford of this State. Three or four of us went on from this town at the same time, among us was Mr Joseph Dyer also of this town he drove on the team, & was a Sergeant. I had the care of the Muskets, we did not stay in Danbury long, but went to Horse neck where we remained & were about in that vicinity for twelve months - When we were in charge - We were drafted when we went into this service - I recollect distinctly of his going there, & being in the same company with me the whole time I was there, which was twelve months, & we came home together - I enlisted afterward into the service but do not know that Mr Dyer served any other time - Mr Reuben Messenger of New Bedford in Ditchfield County was in our company also, with whom I was well acquainted before the war & since also -
Mr Dyer died as I believe about twenty one years since, in said Canton & left a Widow who is still alive -
We started about the time or soon after Danbury was burnt by the enemy -
Witnesses of R. H. Miller David Taylor Simeon Humphrey mark

Wartford County ss Canton October 21 st 1839
Personally appeared before me (a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County) David Taylor of Canton whose mark is subscribed to the foregoing deposition which was done in my presence & in his own proper mark, & made oath to the truth of the deposition so subscribed, & I certify that he is a credible witness -
Levi Humphrey Justice of the Peace
Andrew Wetmore Edward Taylor Depositions

admitted
Henry Fowler Hartford ct.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 5 th February 1842, entitled "An Act making further provision for Surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolutionary State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss
On this 31 day of May 1848 before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Hartford, personally appeared Charlotte Dyer a resident of Harts in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut Age 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 5 th February 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
Marius Gay Justice of the Peace That she is the Widow of Joseph Dyer who was a private in the Army in the War of the Revolution
That she received a Pension under Act of 17 June 1842 at the rate of Twenty dollars per Annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
Charlotte X Dyer sworn
Marius Gay Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Declarant and know she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing Declaration
Marius Gay
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford, } S.S.
I Chauncy Howard, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, hereby certify, that the undersigned was, on the 31 st day of May A.D. 1848, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified to admin- ister Oaths; and that I believe the signatures upon the foregoing page are of his true and genuine sig- nature;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court, this 26 th , day of July A.D. 1848. Chauncy Howard, Clerk.

Appr. Charlotte Dyer In a pension under Act 3 d March 1823.
$20 per am
Henry Fowler Hartford Conn

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 rd March 1823, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of 7 July 1835
State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. Starlington
On this 29 th day of June 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Hartford Charlotte Dyer a resident of Canton in the county of Hartford State of Connecticut Aged 71 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1823 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Joseph Dyer who was a Private in the Militia during the War of the Revolution. That she received a Pension as his Widow under the Act of 7 th July 1835 at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum. Certificate dated 23 rd October 1840 which has been surrendered to the Pension Agent in Hartford.
She further declares that she is still a Widow. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. Before me and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Declarant and know that she Charlotte her Dyer mark is the Widow of Joseph Dyer and am fully satisfied of the truth of the statements in the foregoing Declaration. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name
Luther Higley Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut ss.
Office of Secretary of State.
I do hereby certify that Luther Higley Ely, is on the 29 th day of June last past was, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears of record in this Office, — and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said State this 10 th day of July 1843.
Noah H. Phelps Secretary of State

New Bedford (Concord) July 21. st 1840
Sir
I rec d yours of the 13 th Feb. 1840, stating that the application of Charlotte Dyer widow of Joseph Dyer deceased for a pension would be granted for 6 months only. I had supposed from the proof that there was an actual service of one year - tho' it would save be that Capt. Amasa Mills roll settles that matter, You also informed me that the date of her intermarriage was not satisfactory & upon sufficient proof of that 6 mths. pension would be allowed -
Enclosed you have a deposition establishing clearly the fact & the time of marriage -
Your early attendance will my much oblige me -
Very respectfully
Yours &c
J. S. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions
Roger A. Mills

Payment to be made at Hartford by A. H. Pomeroy, Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 4th day of _____ next.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A, Vol. 1,
Page 15 by D. M. Gundy,
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Charlotte Dyer of Connecticut, widow of Joseph Dyer, deceased, who was a private in the Revolution and died on the 22 d day of February 1818, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Twenty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of October _____ one thousand eight hundred and forty.
J. P. Kirtland
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Joseph Dyer d 1818. Charlotte m. '88
July. 77.5.12 mo. Mills. Canfield on roll list. Burdell 1822 Jan '78. for 3 mo. ... and under h.m.f.
Dana Taylor Rel. Swain that he saw 12 mo. with Dyer in Mills Co. in 1777 He was only 14 years old in 1777. In his dec. he says he saw 3 mo. in Mills Co. in 1779 and 2 or 3 short visits previous in Co. Ames Co. — See papers in No. 22840 Jan 7.

Depart. of War Pension Office Feby 1840
Sir
In reply to your inquiry respecting the claim of Anna Hughes of N.C. I have to state that no such claim is found upon our register of

Charlotte Dyer wid of Joseph Conn.
Act July 7. 1838
Married 1788
died 1818
Allow h m o pri $20
per ann. Conn.
initia Capt. Mills
on roll.
R H Mills Esq New Hartford Conn

State of Connecticut.
I, Charles H. D. Phelps Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That — Russell Humphrey — was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1855, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned — having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Russell Humphrey to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 1 st day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
C. H. D. Phelps Secretary of State.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dyer, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 12990 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 26, 1791 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dyer, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4028 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 6, 1797 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.